The Bahraini regime on Sunday summoned Lebanon’s ambassador to Manama over remarks made by Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah regarding the arrest of a prominent Bahraini opposition leader. In a speech on Friday, Nasrallah criticized the Bahraini … Continued

Three Syrian refugees, including a five-year-old, have reportedly frozen to death in Lebanon as a major storm dumped snow and rain on the country, sources told Al-Akhbar on Wednesday. Three refugees, 5-year-old Majd Kheir al-Badawi, 33-year-old Ammar Ahmed … Continued

[Photo: A Bahraini citizen holds the picture of Sheikh Ali Salman, head of al-Wefaq opposition movement, during a protest against Sheikh Salman’s arrest in Manama, Bahrain on January 03, 2015. Anadolu/Ayman Yaqoob] The head of the Bahrain’s main … Continued

Kuwait’s supreme court sentenced Monday an opposition activist to another 20 months in jail on charges of insulting the oil-rich state’s emir on Twitter. According to a judicial source, the court found Saqr al-Hashash guilty of insulting the … Continued

Clashes between forces loyal to the Bahraini regime and pro-democracy protesters demanding the release of Bahrain’s opposition chief Sheikh Ali Salman continued for the fifth day in a row, witnessed said, as countries and international organizations worldwide condemned … Continued

Badaun, UP, (PTI): Two constables have been suspended for allegedly abducting and gang-raping a 14-year-old girl in Musajhag police station premises, police said on Friday. The girl was abducted from her house on December 31 by two constables Veer Pal … Continued

AFP, Reuters, Al-Akhbar: Bahraini authorities on Sunday detained the head of the kingdom’s main opposition group after he was summoned for questioning over unspecified and unknown violations. The Interior Ministry said in a statement Sunday that Sheikh Ali Salman – … Continued

[Photo: Sheikh Hasina And Khaleda Zia] A nationwide strike called by an alliance of Bangladesh’s opposition political parties has turned fatal. Tensions are rising ahead of the first anniversary of controversial elections. A female school teacher was killed Monday … Continued

(AFP, AP, Reuters): Thousands of protesters took to the streets in Mexico City to commemorate the disappearance of 43 students three months ago from the city of Iguala. The pupils were likely massacred by a police-backed militia. TThe Friday demonstrations … Continued

The Italian navy rescued some 1,300 migrants in several operations late on Christmas Day, among them a Nigerian woman who gave birth on board one of the rescue vessels, local media said Friday, a day after hundreds of … Continued

[Youth Congress activists in Noida protest against the BJP and its ideological mentor, RSS, following the alleged forced conversion of around 300 Muslims to Hinduism in Agra earlier this month. (Burhaan Kinu/HT Photo) By Vikas Pathak … Continued

[Adavasi men stand guard after houses belonging to Bodos were burnt down in Tenganala village, Sonitpur district, Assam, on Wednesday. Photo:Ritu Raj Konwar] The Hindu: The toll in the series of attacks by suspected Bodo militants belonging to NDFB-S … Continued

Al-Akhbar President of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights Nabeel Rajab revealed Monday gruesome details of the torture endured by an activist in Thailand, where three Bahraini officers forced him on a plane back to the kingdom, online publication Bahrain … Continued

In a television interview, former US vice president Dick Cheney has defended CIA interrogation methods used after 9/11. He said he ‘would do it again in a minute.’ Appearing on the NBC Sunday ‘Meet the Press’ program, Cheney … Continued

By Shahid Tufail KARACHI, (Dawn): At least five infants died on Saturday in the Chandka Medical College Hospital children’s ward in Larkana due to lack of oxygen supply. Four infants were said to be new-born babies whereas one … Continued

[Cartoon by www.marxist.com] Ali Haydar (Al Akhbar): This is no joke. The United States relied on Israeli precedents and Tel Aviv’s violation of human rights to justify the torture of detainees by its own intelligence agencies, as was revealed in … Continued

[Human Rights activist Saed Jadad arrested] Omani authorities have arrested a human rights defender who led protests in the sultanate in 2011, a regional rights group said Friday. Security forces arrested Saed Jadad Wednesday at his home in … Continued

A scathing US Senate report on the CIA’s torture of detainees as part of the so-called “War on Terror” spurred condemnation from US allies and enemies alike, and was seen by many as proof of American hypocrisy. The … Continued

Award-winning Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh was arrested on Wednesday on unknown charges, her husband said, weeks after she was barred from practicing for three years. The couple’s car was surrounded by intelligence agents on a highway … Continued

The Muslim News Awards for Excellence 2015 was held on March in London to acknowledge British Muslim and non-Muslim contributions to the society.

The Muslim News Awards for Excellence 2015 was held on March in London to acknowledge British Muslim and non-Muslim contributions to the society.

The Muslim News Awards for Excellence event is to acknowledge British Muslim and non-Muslim contributions to society. Over 850 people from diverse background, Muslim and non-Muslim, attended the gala dinner.